Barns open at 10am on Friday.

Unloading/Parking: We will have volunteers to assist you in directing you to your stall assignment and parking. Please move quickly but safely to unload your horses and equipment. Please remember that parents are not allowed in the barns from the official start of the rally until the official end of the rally. Please see the HM Rulebook pages 5-6 for more details on this subject.

Between 2:00-4:00pm Horse Management will perform Helmet and Cross Country Vest checks on Friday during arrivals. Please go to them when you have a moment in that window of time.

We will have a parade of team posters on Friday at 5:25 and the briefing will be at 5:30pm.

Horse Inspections will begin on Friday at 6:15. REMEMBER: Jog out attire DOES NOT include jeans, short shorts or pajama pants. Please come to Horse Inspections neat and tidy with your shirt tucked in and hair either in a net, braid, or bun so your number is showing on the back of your pinney. We are representing Pony Club and want our competatiors looking professional.

Friday night dinner: Dinner is included for participants. A dinner ticket is required and will need to be purchased during registration checkout for parents and guest. Dinner will begin at 7:00

Tack Room Coolers: Clubs please make arrangements to have a cooler in each tack room filled with hydrating liquids for your participants. No glass bottles.

Text Alerts and Rally Information: Competitors, Coaches, Chaperones and Parents should sign up for What's App. Important rally information and reminders will be communicated through this service including weather alerts, score posting, and schedule changes.

Coaches: All competitors should have a coach in the warm-up areas during the jumping phases and for Cross country and Stadium course walks. Clubs can share coaches!

Volunteers: The rally cannot run without the help of many volunteers. Please complete the volunteer form and turn it in with the competitor form. Please note no experience is needed. We will train you before your shift starts. Jump judges are required on Sunday morning. Cross country cannot run without!

Dogs: Dogs on the ground must be leashed. NO DOGS in Arenas. NO EXCEPTIONS!!

On Ground Concessions: Available

Dress: Please refer to the 2025 USPC Horse Management Rulebook for information about appropriate dress for all rating levels for turnout inspection at rallies.
Volunteers and Participants must dress appropriately and wear proper footwear in the barn area. Coats may be waived by the Ground Jury President if it is too hot.

Pinneys: Each participant will be assigned a numbered pinney which is to be worn at all times while on the grounds.

Armbands: Participants must wear a medical bracelet or armband at all times. The armband must be worn on the upper arm and the USPC medical form must be inside the armband.

Neutral Zone: For this rally, the Neutral Zone is defined as the area around the show office and covered pavilion/ concessions area. Remember this because we don’t want any participants to be awarded a penalty for unauthorized assistance.


EVENTING PARTICIPANTS:

Eventing levels and tests are:

Green as Grass (GAG) : USDF 2023 Intro Test A, jumps to 12"
Starter (START) : USEA 2022 Starter Test, small arena, jumps 2'3"
Beginner Novice (BN): USEF 2022 Beg Novice Eventing Test B, small arena, jumps 2'7"
Novice (N): USEF 2022 Novice Eventing Test B, small arena, jumps 2'11"
Training (T): USEF 2022 Training Eventing Test B, small arena, jumps 3'3"
Modified (MR) USEF 2022 Modified Test C, small arena, jumps 3'5"
Preliminary (P): USEF 2022 Preliminary Eventing Test B, small arena, jumps 3'7"

NOTES:
·12” Green as Grass: Maximum fence height will be 12”. Dressage tests may be read to GAG riders for a 2 point penalty. The cross country course will be comprised of jumps in a common area. Coaches may walk with the rider and horse in this division only. This division will be located on a path not on the regular. XC course.
· 27” Starter: This is a USEA Starter division and may include a water option.
· Beginner Novice: This is a USEA BN division fence height 2'7" and may have water, small drops and banks.
· Novice: This is a USEA Novice division fence height 2'11". This division may have both ditches and water.
· Training: This is a USEA Training division fence height 3'3". This division will have both ditches and water.
· Modified: This is a USEA Modified division fence height 3'5". This division will have both ditches and water.

• Preliminary:   This is a USEA Preliminary division fence height 3'7".  This division will have both ditches and water.  

Starter 27" and up courses will be comparable to USEA recognized event in difficulty. This rally should not be your first competition at a higher level. Enter your competitor in a level in which they are safe, competent and comfortable.
Competitor’s Turnout inspections are done at your HM rating on the rally entry closing date.

Teams: May be mixed levels or all one level.

Awards: Team ribbons place 1-5 for Riding and for Horse Management. Individual awards for top rider in each rider division.

For USPC Championship Eligibility information see the Eventing Rulebook 2025.

Carolina Horse Park is providing us with complimentary Feed Rooms and Tack Rooms for our teams to use.
Tack Rooms: We will use stalls for tack rooms. Pony Clubbers are responsible for cleaning tack rooms, feed rooms, and stalls of all trash, twine, paper, etc. DO NOT use any additional nails or screw eyes when setting up your tack room.
Feed Stalls: We plan to use stalls for feed rooms. Most teams will be sharing a feed stall with one other team.

Pinney deposits: We are not requiring a deposit. If a pinney is not returned, we will notify the club DC and they will be responsible for returning the pinney or a replacement fee to the Carolina Region within a specified time period (two weeks).

Stalls need to be stripped at the end of the rally. The tack and feed stalls need to be cleaned of any debris or trash and left to our pony club standard.